Tweets from the Peanut Gallery: The 8 Best Responses to the Edwards Verdict

John Edwards effectively won the federal campaign finance trial against him today, racking up five counts that ended in mistrial and one solid "not guilty." Which is great for him, depressing for America, and fucking stupendous for the political junkies who get paid to fill our Twitter feeds with pithy one-liners. We gathered the best of them, so that we can fondly look back on the humor of this day, the day when John Edwards, the promising young politician who redefined what it is to fall from grace, stood outside a courthouse and told the world that God wasn't through with him.

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